Out of over 450 species
of Sharks in our oceans, only 3 are considered as a risk to Humans.
These Are:

The White Shark(Carcharodon
carcharias)

The Tiger Shark(Galeocerdo
cuvier)

The Bull Shark(Carcharhinus
leucas)

Having said
that, many divers are diving with Bull & Tiger Sharks every single
day and nothing ever happens.

Divers have
also on occassions encountered White Sharks without any incidents.

Each time we
go into the sea, we have to remember that we are the intruders. We
have to respect not only the Sharks, but the entire marine environment.

Yes, there
are times when Shark and Human interactions end up on a bad note,
but we cannot say that the shark had a human dinner in mind.

MALTA
1890

MALTA
1956

ANTHONY
GRECH, (right) who was in the water with his friend JACK SMEDLEY,
when the latter was fatally attacked by a Shark, in Malta in
July 1956, told me that he holds no grudge against the Shark
that sadly took the life of his friend.....

"Our
splashing and swimming must have attracted the Shark, that must have been cruising
nearby. The sea is his domain not ours, and we were at the wrong place at the
wrong time."

THE SHARK
BITE THAT MADE HISTORY

It is impossible to talk about Sharks without mentioning
the name of Australian Rodney
Fox.

For the last 35 years, Rodney Fox has dedicated his
life to observing, studying, and filming sharks. He is considered
as the No.1 Ambassador for Sharks Protection and Conservation. Hundreds
of people worldwide learned about Sharks from meeting Rodney Fox.
Millions of others {like me}, who have not had the chance to meet
him, were still inspired by him. All this, he did after having miraculously
escaped from the jaws of Carcharodon
carcharias, the Great White Shark.

That Day in December
1963, did not only change Rodney's
life forever, but it was also going to have an impact on all those
people that came into contact with Rodney or even just read about
him. After having recovered from the Shark
attack, which left him with massive
scars on his chest, back, and arm, Rodney decided not to go out on
a vendetta against his attacker, but to learn all he could about their
behavior and to teach the world to respect sharks and protect them.

Today Rodney Fox, the
ex-Australian spearfishing champion,
is still being attacked, but by tourists, researchers, and film makers,
not only for his story but for his knowledge and his experience. Together
with his son Andrew,
they lead expeditions into the world of Sharks, and show the importance
why these magnificent creatures should be protected. Rodney was the
first man in Australia to start fighting for Shark
Protection Laws, and his hard work
got results. Carcharodon
carcharias { The Great White Shark }
is now a protected species in Australia
and also in some other countries including Malta.

Ever since I saw the first photos of
Rodney Fox, and than watched the classic documentary "Blue
Water White Death", I was
inspired by him. How could a man, who nearly lost his life to a Shark,
be so devoted to their protection?

After having spent these last years
learning as much as possible about Sharks and Rodney Fox, and even
had the chance to see them up close, I think I know the answer. One
thing I surely know is that he showed the World the true beauty of
these Magnificent Mysterious and Misunderstood Creatures.

Maybe one-day, another of my Dreams
will come true and Rodney
Fox will introduce me to the Great
White Sharks of south Australia.

Thank you Rodney
for all you have done for Sharks and for me.

LESS
THAN 100 SHARK INCIDENTS ARE REPORTED EVERY YEAR. OUT OF THESE, ONLY A HANDFULL
ARE FATAL. HERE ARE
THE STATISTICS SINCE 1990.

YEAR

NON FATAL

FATAL

TOTAL

1990

37

3

40

1991

36

3

39

1992

43

6

49

1993

39

14

53

1994

56

7

63

1995

65

11

76

1996

39

3

42

1997

49

11

60

1998

37

5

42

1999

54

4

58

2000

69

11

80

2001

69

4

73

2002

62

3

65

2003

49

4

53

2004

58

7

65

2005

55

4

59

2006

52

4

56

2007

68

1

69

2008

49

4

53

2009

57

6

63

2010

73

6

79

2011

63

12

75

2012

73

7

80

2013

65

10

75

2014

69

3

72

2015

92

6

98

TOTAL

1478

159

1637

UNBELIEVABLE
BUT TRUE!!

In the year 2000--
80 people were bitten by sharks, of which 11 were killed, but that same
year, in New York City alone 1600 people were bitten by other people!!!

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Coconuts
kill around 150 people worldwide each year, which makes them about ten times
more dangerous than sharks, says Brent Escott, managing director of
Club Direct. People may worry about being bitten by sharks when visiting
Australia, but I would suggest that we would be better advised not to sit
under coconut trees.

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Total
Number of Abortions, 1973 - 1999 = 37,836,648

Total Number of Shark
Attack Deaths
in 419 years. was 511!!

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Between 1990 & 2005,
Lions have killed more than 560 people in Tanzania alone!!

Over the years, a lot of shark "Attack"
photos have been showing up on the net. Most of these are just superimposed
images made up of two or more pictures. Here are some of the best fakes.